MY BOOKMARKS ON DELICIOUS

August 2007

August 24, 2007

This job offer for a German-English translator/editor/reviewer interested me because it seems to offer what a lot of people are looking for in these days of long commutes: a salaried job which allows you to work from home. It seems...

August 22, 2007

Relatively modern amplifications of this one include "till the cows come home in the morning" and "till hell freezes over and the cows come skating home over the ice". The expression has meant "a long, long time" for a...

August 2, 2007

A reader alerted me to the fact that in my French translation of yesterday’s entry, I used ceci dit incorrectly. This is what I had written: Toutes ces raisons sont valides, mais ceci étant dit, je ne donne jamais de...

August 1, 2007

A reader sent me an email asking me several questions, including the following: Do all translators give volume discounts for big projects? I can see several reasons why a translator might be tempted to offer a discount on her work....